Lufthansa Miles & More 50,000 Miles Until Dec 15, 2013
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[Expired] One Week Left for 50,000 Sign-Up Bonus for Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard

ByThe Miles Professor

Update: This offer has now ended.

The increased Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard offer for the 50,000 mile sign-up bonus will end one week from today on December 15. Right now, you receive 20,000 miles after your first purchase and an additional 30,000 miles after $5,000 within 90 days of account opening. The card has a $79 annual fee and no foreign transaction fees. The miles can be used to book award seats across the Star Alliance network.

My previous posts about the card and the Lufthansa Miles & More Program:

Full Discussion of the 50,000 Miles Sign-Up Bonus for the Lufthansa Miles & More World MasterCard

How to Redeem Lufthansa Miles & More to Central and South America With No Fuel Surcharges

I signed up for the card last month and plan to use the miles for a trip to South America for 60,000 miles round-trip. The Lufthansa Miles & More program allows a stopover in each direction so I can hit three destinations in South America on a single award ticket. Since South America has plenty of Star Alliance airlines (United Airlines, US Airways, TACA, Avianca, TAM) that fly to South America without any fuel surcharges, this is a good use of miles and a great way to get in a few stopovers and destinations on a single ticket.

Lufthansa Miles & More 50,000 Miles Until Dec 15, 2013
Lufthansa Miles & More 50,000 Miles Until Dec 15

More Good Uses of Lufthansa Premier Miles & More Sign-Up Bonus

While the Lufthansa Miles & More program adds fuel surcharges to many routes so you need to be careful. However, there are a few good ways that I’ve covered to avoid fuel surcharges and get good value from the miles.

Svetlana flying LAX-JFK in a flat-bed. Lufthansa Miles & More charges only 17,000 miles each way for this flight.
Svetlana flying LAX-JFK in a flat-bed. Lufthansa Miles & More charges only 17,000 miles each way for this flight.

Here are a few good sweet spots in the award chart.

  • 17,000 miles each way for United BusinessFirst flat-bed JFK-LAX or JFK-SFO. United Airlines will charge 25,000 miles each way for its BusinessFirst cabin with flat beds on these premium service transcontinental routes.
  • 35,000 miles round-trip for Economy class to the Caribbean or South America.
  • 60,000 miles round-trip for Economy class to South America. 
  • 50,000 miles round trip for Economy class to Europe on US Airways. US Airways does not have any fuel surcharges and the sign-up bonus alone is enough for a round-trip to Europe on US Airways.

Other posts you may like:

Full Discussion of the 50,000 Miles Sign-Up Bonus for the Lufthansa Miles & More World MasterCard

How to Redeem Lufthansa Miles & More to Central and South America With No Fuel Surcharges

2 Comments

  1. Thanks for the reminder! I read your awesome post about using the miles for South America a few weeks ago and meant to sign up. I think the miles will be useful in 2014. I used your link…. keep up the good work!

  2. I was going to go for the US Airways offer before US Air and American Airlines merge with Barclays, but I think this is a better offer. It will almost pay for a full round-trip to South America, where my husband and I have been wanting to go.

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